Sunday, June 29, 2014

On June 26, Sec. 13 of the Human Rights Act cease to exist. As our friend BCL noted however there is no reason why Sec. 13, which was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court, can not be brought back by a more enlightened government in the future. In the meantime the good folks at the now moribund Free Dominion have decided to post (a now rare) comment to celebrate the demise of Sec. 13:

It it isn't surprising that Connie would give props to Marc Lemire as Free Dominion had been on the forefront of the effort to rehabilitate Lemire's reputation, characterizing him as a free speech martyr. In fact, they went beyond this and engaged in a little bit of historical revisionism. Not only did they deny his role in the leadership of the Heritage Front from 2001 to 2005, they have all but denied that he had any significant history with the hate group. We have attempted to show them the error of their ways, but it seems they have decided to believe him rather than us. But then they aren't the only ones who have tried to help Lemire cover up a very shady past. Ezra Levant, in two interviews with Lemire, asked about the Heritage Front and did not challenge this response:

Uh, the Heritage Front uh, was active back in, uh, the the 90s and I was a young kid at the time.
I had some, uh, interest in some of the things that they were doing
in particularly thing like uh opposition to employment equity, things
like reducing immigration. So I uh, listened to some of what they were about, and uh, I went away from it.I mean I was involved with them peripherally in my teenage years.

Well, that is partially true, as these articles indicate he was active with the Heritage Front in his teen years (he would have been 18 at the time of the 1993 photo and 19 when they were published):

Sunday, June 22, 2014

There was a time, not long ago, when Arthur Topham claimed that he wasn't an anti-Semite. No, he was merely opposed to Zionism and Zionists. Besides, he couldn't be an anti-Semite since he claimed his wife had Jewish ancestry (though we're not sure that there was anything actually presented to substantiate that claim).

But it looks like any pretext has been dropped. The city has been razed and the lands surrounding it salted. Suffice it to say it's hard to convince anyone that you are not an anti-Semite when you post stuff like this:

Or this:

Man pictured in the link is not Fredrick Toben

Or especially this:

And if there were still any remaining questions, this:

At least he's being a little more honest now, if one wants to give him that much credit.

But then most of our readers didn't need Topham to convince them in the first place of his nature.

An 18-year-old St. Catharines man has been arrested for allegedly
harassing an elderly couple in what police are calling racially
motivated conduct.Niagara Regional Police said an elderly couple who are long-time
residents of an east St. Catharines neighbourhood were being threatened
and intimidated. Police said the conduct occurred recently over a period
of one month.

Christian Edmunds, 18, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with criminal harassment.

Harassing old people. That's the courage we have come to expect from boneheads.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Because the Southern Ontario Skinheads give us so much material, we decided that, "A Cast of Stooges" will be a regular feature here on the blog. But before we begin with the actual SOS members, we thought we would start with a prospective member:

my name is jeremy crawford when u here the name u say skinhead thats
feared and well respected im friends with brodie walsh anyways i lead
small skinhead groups in london and sarnia ive been through thick and
thin being a skinhead but i always come out on top because were more
intelligent than the others i want in im 32 and i want in i want a group
to call my family that i can trust with my life im 220 pds and covered
in white power tattooes covered. im the poster child for skinheads im
purebred german blonde hair blue eyes etc please get back to me. WPWW

Now, you might be wondering by what black magic we managed to obtain this, for lack of a better term, "application" to the Southern Ontario Skinheads. We wish we could tell you that it was as a result of hard investigative work and an inside mole feeding us information, but the reality is, Mr. Crawford left it as a comment on our blog. Honestly, it is still surprising how often this happens; a semi-literate bonehead is unable to understand the "anti" part of "Anti-Racist" and sends us queries as to how to join a particular hate group. Really, it is the lowest of the low hanging fruits, though we still really enjoy the irony found in this part:

ive been through thick and
thin being a skinhead but i always come out on top because were more
intelligent than the others

You don't say?

To be absolutely clear that he wants to be a member, he sent a second message five minutes later:

Jeremy Crawford 32 220 pds pure german and life long skinhead i want in i
have ran little clicks and iam well respected i want in the southren
ont skins get back to me at ************@hotmail.com or ************@gmail.com get ahold of me please i would be an incredible asset to the group and i know brodie walsh

Now we debated whether or not we should publish this message since we really don't want to add anyone to their numbers, especially when they are such an, "asset." But we figure that if they want someone as blisteringly stupid as Jeremy Crawford in their ranks, they really do deserve him. Besides, given the current membership, he really does fit in quite nicely:

Now, since his name was brought up, why don't we now move on to Brodie Walsh? He too has decided to start leaving messages on the blog, though he at least knows what "anti-racist" means, though does seem to think we value what he thinks about us:

Sunday, June 15, 2014

That James Keegstra did not die on June 12 when the news became public, but in fact died 10 days earlier, is telling. The name Keegstra was still mentioned occasionally by the likes of Fromm when he rambled on about Sec. 319 and about free speech in an abstract way, but the man himself had been largely forgotten, drifting into obscurity soon after his final sentencing hearing in 1996. Even his contemporaries appear to have forgotten about him and it seems that few even attempted to remain in touch with the man they, at the time, lionized and rallied around.

Of his contemporaries, many like John Ross Taylor, Doug Christie, Wolfgang Droege, and Martin Wiche have died. Others like John Beattie, Don Andrews, and Ernst Zundel have yet to acknowledge Keegstra's passing, in part because they have shied away from their more colorful past (Like Beattie, who is running for Deputy Reeve in Minden, Ontario) or couldn't be bothered to care.

Such is the nature of the White Nationalist movement.

But at least one of those infamous old relics from the past has decided to make a rare appearance. Terry Long, like Keegstra, disappeared not long after of the Canadian branch of the Aryan Nations' he lead collapsed. Last we heard he was living in Ontario, but he does periodically pop up from time to time. He ran for office under the Doug Christie-led Western Canadian Concept Party. We know that it was Long whom Todd Conroy (former BC Volksfront leader) had been visiting when he got into a near fatal motorcycle accident. And we know that he still keeps up on the state of the movement, as we copies of emails sent by Long to some of the more contemporary members of the movement dating to the 2000s. So while he might not be active anymore, he certainly hasn't changed his views. And when Keegstra died Long (eventually) decided to break his silence as well.

Actually, Western historians generally agreed that the number of Jews who died in Auschwitz numbered between 800,000 and 1.35 million since at least 1961 and the Soviet numbers had been long discarded, but why should we expect revisionists like Long to be accurate?

Paul Fromm also got around to posting a eulogy of sorts, but we aren't sure that yet another one of Paulie's self-promoting missives is really all that necessary here.

While Keegstra's obscurity is telling, it is also fitting. And so is the fact that his remaining contemporaries will eventually follow him, some likely sooner than others. Ernst Zundel is 75, Long has to be at least in his 70s, and Don Andrews is around 72. John Beattie, someone who sounds to be in the early stages of dementia, is in his early 70s (UPDATE: Beattie is 72) and Paul Fromm in his mid 60s. Another 10, 15 years....

There will come a point when these men too will shuffle off their mortal coil and their names forgotten. We find this fact to be a comforting one.

Friday, June 13, 2014

It's been a while since we wrote about Dean Clifford on the blog. In our last update in march, Clifford (who, we must stress, was in jail at the time) was convinced he had the system right where he wanted it and it was only a matter of time before he was able to bring down the entire edifice.

So, what's the latest?

Well, as of May 28, he was planning on filing commercial liens on numerous provincial properties, including RCMP stations, courthouses, and the Manitoba Legislature. He has written the Bank of Canada to inform them that they no longer represent him and that he is his own bank. He will be filing liens against every judge who have crossed him and will have their assets frozen. He will be naming, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN as a debtor in all of his claims and plans on convening a 24 man Grand Jury (the highest level of law on the planet according to Dean), appoint their own judge, and then hold a common law court where they will convict HMTQ of.... well.... something. This, of course, is contingent on whether or not he gets his stuff back as well as additional compensation. Oh, but regardless he will be filing both criminal and civil charges against HMTQ so Grand Jury or not, things are going down! Then there's the petty stuff, like filing a lien on the house of a "sheriff" who crossed him by telling one of Clifford's lady friends to stand when the judge entered the room (in addition to promising to assault said individual upon Clifford's inevitable release).

In all, things are really looking good for Dean Clifford who has used his time in jail awaiting trial to plot the destruction of his enemies and set himself up for life. And he's confident that he will be released in a week or two.

Or we should write thought he would be released, as that time has sort of passed.

Still, doesn't matter! It's all a part of the master plan! Things
couldn't be going better for Dean Clifford! We mean, take a look at the
positive and upbeat updates on his own website:

Keegstra, a teacher, was charged in 1984 with 'wilfully promoting hatred' for his anti-Semitic school lessons

James ‘Jim’ Keegstra, a prominent
Canadian holocaust denier and former high school teacher in Eckville,
Alta., is dead at the age of 80, CBC News learned late Thursday night.

Keegstra made international headlines in 1983 when he was accused of
teaching students that the history of the Holocaust was fraudulent, and
that a Jewish conspiracy was responsible for many of the world’s
problems.

It was alleged that Keegstra had been teaching his anti-Semitic views
to his social studies class for 14 years before a parent complained to
the local school board about his lessons.

In January 1984, Keegstra was stripped of his teaching certificate
and charged with “wilfully promoting hatred against an identifiable
group” under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Keegstra was convicted at his original trial and fined $5,000. His
lawyers appealed the decision, arguing that the law was unconstitutional
and that it violated provisions on freedom of expression in the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Monday, June 09, 2014

We understand that many of our supporters have.... we'll say complicated relationships with the police. Regardless of how one feels about the police, we hope that our readers will at least agree that what happened on Wednesday was wrong.

On June 4, 2014, a 24 year old man who appears to have acted on his hatred towards authority figures, police in particular, is alleged to have murdered three members of the RCMP while wounding two others. He was captured a few days later. Looking at his Facebook profile, one would note just how steeped he was in the paranoia of the gun-rights extremists:

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